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Hi, Friend. Here are your Articles for February 6, 2008.
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FMLA Compliance Updates

President Bush signed into law amendments to the Family Medical Leave Act on January 28, 2008.  The amendments create two new categories of FMLA job-protected leave and, in one case, increases the duration of available leave to 26 weeks for qualifying employees.  Read on to learn more about what these new amendments expand the FMLA to include. 



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Tax Time = Scam Time

Taxpayers beware!  As tax filing time draws near, unscrupulous scammers are working hard to phish your personal information and steal your identity.  The IRS posted a fresh new warning regarding several such scams on its website January 30th, just as most taxpayers are receiving all of their final documents for tax filing purposes.  Read on for more details.


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SEC Begins Small Business Costs and Benefits Study of Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that its professional staff has commenced a cost-benefit study of an upcoming auditor attestation requirement for smaller companies under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  The study will collect and analyze extensive "real world" cost and benefit data from a broad array of companies currently complying with Section 404 under newly-issued guidance for companies and auditors.  In connection with the study, the Commission unanimously proposed the one-year extension of the Section 404(b) auditor attestation requirement for smaller companies.  The extension would allow time for completion of the study.  Read on for more details. 


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In a significant decision
, the Supreme Court recently limited the tax deductions that can be claimed by trusts and estates. The ruling, which went against the family that created Pepperidge Farm, affects the amount that trusts and estates can write off for the investment advice they receive. Here are the details.

 Enjoy Pepperidge Farm products? Click "Full Article" for the remarkable history of the company behind the court case.
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What does the legal battle between two dolls have to do with your company? Lawsuits filed by the makers of the Barbie and Bratz dolls involve intellectual property rights. Mattel Inc. claims it owns Bratz dolls because an ex-employee conceived them while working at its company as a Barbie designer. Whatever the outcome of the litigation, it highlights an important question: Who owns an employee's creative output? The employee or the employer? Here's a quick look at the Barbie-Bratz feud and
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Most of the nation's
illicit drug users and heavy alcohol drinkers hold full-time jobs, according to a recently released study by a federal government agency. These employees are less productive and more prone to harming themselves and others in the workplace. What can an employer do to help prevent liability and the costly consequences of drug and heavy alcohol consumption? Which industries have the most substance abuse among employees? For the answers, as well as the survey results, click "Full Article."


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